Woven article.



V. H. JENNINGS.

WOVEN ARTICLE.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN.20. 1914.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

ull .lll ni Wfnesses: @ma

V'. H. JENNINGS.

WOVEN ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20, 1014,

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

...solnnsn'aasu...arena-u THE NORRIS PETERS C0., PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTUN. D. C.

kmetric view of the said receptacle.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

vICToR H. JENNINGS, OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To MILLS WovEN CARTRIDGE BELT COMPANY, OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 0F MASSACHUSETTS.

WOVEN ARTICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1v, 1,914.

rOriginal application led June 6, 1912, Serial No. 702,034. Divided and this application led January 20, 1914. Serial No. 813,347

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR H. JENNINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester, `State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Woven Articles, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings-` The invention relates to the art of weaving, and more particularly to the art of weaving articles in seamless pouch or bag form.

blank of special character and construction produced by weaving, and in a Wovenvweb comprising a succession of such blanks joined togetherJ in the loom.

The invention is a division of that shown and described in my application for U. S. Letters Patent for improvements in Woven receptacles and method of producing the same, filed June 6, 1912, Serial No. 702,034.

rlhe drawings illustrate a completed receptacle made from a blank constituting one portion of the present invention, and in addition show separately the blank and the features thereof as well as the web constituting the second portion vof the present invention.

In the drawings-#Figure 1 is an iso- Fig. 2 is a view thereof in vertical cross-section on line 2, 2, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in horizontal cross-section on line 3 3, of' Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view of the said receptacle before being turned inside out. Fig. 5 is a view showing a portion of the web aforesaid. Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view in section of a receptacle-blank cut from the web of Fig. 5. Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are views in section on lines 7-7, 8 8, and 9-9, respectively, of Fig. 5.

Referring iirst to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the seamless wovenpouch or bag-like body of the receptaclev shown in such gures is squared or rectangular in cross-section. 1t comprises a front side or face a, a rear side or back opposite ends c, c, and a bottom cl. A cover. or flap is shown at e woven in connection with the rear side b. Ball and socket fastenings of ordinary type are shown at f, g, applied to the front side a and the cover or flap Ve, to serve in securing the latter lt consists more especially in a receptaclein place when closed down over the open top or mouth of the receptacle.

The ends o, c, are constituted by the squared seamless closed end-portions of the pouch or bag. The bottom el is constituted by the squared seamless closed bottom-portion of said pouch or bag. At h, 7L, Figs. 1 and 3, are reinforcing and end-squaring thicknesses-in connection with the said ends c, 0,' and at z', Fig. 2, is a reinforcing and bottom-squaring thickness. in connection with Vthe said bottom d. The said reinforcing and squaring thicknesses space the sides A ofthe receptacle apart and give ita rectangular shape 1n cross-section.

A receptacle embodying the features shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 therefore is preferable as-regards appearances, and for other reasons, to a receptacle having ends and a bottom which normally collapse and which bulge or sag under the pressure or Weight of the contents of the receptacle. The said receptacle .is especially adapted to receive and neatly and snugly fit and cover a rectangular package which just lls it.

Y In carrying out my invention I produce by weaving a continuous web or fabric comprising a succession ofreceptacle-lengths, and which l cut or divide transversely into separate blanks, each suitable for the production of a receptacle. As illustrated in Figs. 5 to 9, the said continuous web or fabric is woven with the openings or mouths of Successive pouches or bags facing one edge of the web or fabric, and the closed bottoms thereof facing the other edge, andwith the lines on which the ends ofthe pouches or bags are closed extending transversely of the web or fabric. The webor fabric of Figs. 5 to 9 is woven in three plies, namely a', Zn, and `e', one above another. The ply a is for the face or yfront of each pouch or bag, the ply bv for the back orrear side thereof, and the ply e. `for the cover or The plies a, o', are woven together lengthwise of the web or fabric along the line a2 Figs. 5 and 7, adjacent oneJ edge of the web or fabric, to form the closed bottomof a pouch or bag. They are unconnected at the opposite edge of the web or fabric, to form the opening or mouth of the pouch or bag. They are Woven together transversely of the web on the lines a3, a3, Fig. 6, to close the ends of the pouch or bag. The cover or flap ply c is connected in the weaving with the ply 2'/ at the inouth of the pouch or bag, as shown at the left in F ig. 7, from one line of closing as to the other.

To provide for the end reinforcements it, 7i, Figs. l and 3, the plies a, ZJ', are woven in the forni of continuations t, i, Figs. 5 and G, beyond the lines of closing a3, a3, the said continuations being utilized as presently will be explained. To provide for the bottoni reinforcement Fig. 2, the plies a, b, are extended laterally beyond the line of union a2 in the forni of two longitudinal strips 2, 2, Figs. 5 and 7, corresponding in length to the distance between the two trans verse closing lines a3, a3. The said strips are utilized as presently will be explained.

ln weaving the web of Figs. 5 to 9 in a single-shuttle looin, the warp-threads and weft or filling may be interwoven as in Fig. 7, throughout the length of a pouch or bag, intermediate the lines a3, as, Fig. 6, on which the sides of the pouch or bag are united to close the ends of the pouch or bag. In Fig. 7, the weft or filling is shown as passing from left to right through the ply a to the point a2; then passing up to the ply 7) and passing to the right in the Lipper strip 2; then passing from right to left back through said strip, and through the ply to the left-hand edge of the web; then passing frein left to right through ply e; then returning from right to left through said ply e; then back froin left to right through ply to point c2, and then in the same direction through lower strip 2; then from right to left back through the said lower strip 2 and the ply a to the left-hand edge of the web, to a point adjacent the starting point, thereby finishing one round in the weaving. rlhe edge of face ply a at the mouth or opening of the pouch or bag is a selvage edge, and so is the free or right-hand edge of the cover or flap ply e.

In closing the ends of the pouch or bag at a3, a3, Fig. 6, warp-threads are crossed from ply c to ply J, and vice versa, as shown in Fig. 6.

ln weaving the portion of web containing extensions t, 7i, the weft or filling is interwoven with the warp-threads as in Fig. 8. Starting, for instance, at point 2 at the left-hand edge of the web in Fig. 8, the weft or filling extends from left to right through the ply a to the point a2; then passing from ply a to ply Z9 it extends from right to left through ply Z2v to the left-hand edge of the web; then it returns froni left to right through ply b to point a2; then passing from ply t to ply a, it extends through ply a froin right to left, to a point adjacent the starting point. ln order `to weave the cover or flap ply e with practically perfect selvages at both edges thereof in this portion of the web or fabric, using only a single shuttle for all three plies, the Y weft or filling is passed from ply b to ply e at the right-hand side of the web, as at e2, Figs. 5 and 8, at intervals in the weaving of ply b', and extends back and forth within ply e for four or more picks, interweaving with the warp-threads of such ply to forni the latter, and then returning to ply 2'/ after, say, the fourth pick, and interweaving again with the warp-threads of the respective plies b and a a number of picks before again returning to ply c. rlhe result of this is indicated in Fig. 5, in which the connecting portions of weft or filling alternate in the selvage of ply e with portions of such selvage which are bound by return-bends of the weft or filling woven into such ply. ln this portion of the web the weft or filling does not inter-weave with the warp-threads pertaining to the longitudinal strips 2, 2, and such warp-threads simply float.

Beyond the continuations 7i', L, of the plies a', Z9, the weft or filling is interwoven with the warp-threads of the cover or flap ply e, as shown in Fig. 9, to forni that portion of the saine extending between one pouch or bag and the next in the web or fabric. Fly e is continuous, as shown in Fig. 5, and the portion of the saine intermediate one pouch or bag and the next is sufficient to provide for the turning back and under of the raw or cut ends of the cover or flap against the main portion of the latter, as hereinafter explained, in finishing the cover or flap.

Between the continuations 7i', L, of plies cr, at the end of one pouch-length or baglength and the corresponding continuations at the beginning of the next length the warp-threads of the plies a, b, preferably float without being interwoven with weft, as shown in Figs. 5 and 9, to expedite the operation of weaving, and avoid useless expenditure of weft or filling, inasmuch as such extensions are not required to have a length as great as the projecting end-portions of the cover or flap. Between the end of the longitudinal strips 2, 2, of one receptacle-length and the beginning of the corresponding strips of the next receptacle length, the warps of such strips similarly float without being interwoven with weft, as in Figs. 5, 8 and 9.

rlfhe web woven as represented in Fig. 5, and containing any required number of receptacle-lengths is divided up into blanks,

each of a length suitable for a receptacle, by cutting across the ply e and the floated warp-threads of the other two plies, on the transverse lines 9, 9, F 5, intermediate successive pouches or bags. blank thus separated from the web is represented in longitudinal section in Fig. 6. ln such blank the cover or flap is integrally .joined to the top edge of back or rear side of the receptacle from one line of union A length or or closing a3 to the other, and end-portions thereof project beyond the closed ends of the receptacle. These projecting end-portions are selvaged at both the upper and lower edges thereof. The short loose portions e2, e2, of weft or filling which connect the lower edges of such projecting end-portions to the lower portions of the extensions 7L', it', are cut in order to free the lower edges of the cover or iiap, and are then trimmed away. The said end-portions then are folded back upon the adjoining portions of the cover or iap, the raw or out edges are turned under, and the folded-back portions are stitched in place as shown in Figs. l and et. Each end of the receptacle is finished by turning the extensions h', t, at such end back in opposite directions against the adjoining portions of the side-plies, and securing them to such portions by vertical and transverse lines of stitches 7b2, k?, 71,3, h3, Figs. l and a. The bottom is finished by turning the strips 2, 2, back in opposite directions against the adjoining portions of the side-plies, and securing them to such portions by lines of stitches 3, 3, extending lengthwise of the receptacle, and also across the bottom near the ends of the receptacle. The lower corners are finished by transverse lines of stitches 7c, 7c, through the cornerportions of the pouch or bag and the projecting end-portions of the extensions L, h',

`Aand strips 2, 2. The receptacle is then in the shape and condition represented in Fig. at, with the portions s, c, thus fastened together at the said corners projecting as shown. lt is turned inside out, and the result is shown in Fig. l. The bottom reinforce constituted by the longitudinal strips 2, 2, Xes the length of the receptacle, and gives shape to the receptacle at the bottom of the latter and determines the transverse diameter thereof at the bottom, by squaring the bottom and holding the sides apart at the bottom. The corner projections 7c', .75, now turned inwardly contribute to keeping the width of the bottom and maintaining the shape of the lower corners. The end-reinforces h, h, constituted by the vertical end-extensions 7L', t, give shape to the receptacle at the ends of the latter, and fix the depth of the receptacle, and its internal diameter at the ends, by squaring the said ends and holding the sides apart at the ends. ln consequence of the end-portions of the flap or cover being joined to the ends of the receptacle and extending half-way forward Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the from the back, the top of the receptacle thereby is more effectually closed, and its contents better protected, when the cover or flap is turned down and secured in place. The fastenings f, g, may be applied either before or after turning the receptacle inside out.

l claim as my invention y 1. A receptacle-blank woven in three plies with a single weft or illing, two of the said plies woven together transversely to close the ends of the receptacle and along one margin of the web to form the closed bottom, and unconnected at the opposite margin to form the open mouth, and a cover or flap-ply connected with one of said sideplies at said open margin and having a selvage at the other margin of the web, and beyond the closed ends of the receptacle woven with projecting portions having two nonfrayable selvages.

2. A receptacle-blank woven in three plies with a single weft or filling, two of the said plies woven together transversely near` the ends of the blank to close the ends of the receptacle and along one margin of the web to form the closed bottom, and unconnected at the opposite margin to formthe open mouth, and a cover or fly-flap connected with one of said side-plies at said open margin and having a selvage at the other margin of the web, and beyondthe closed ends of the receptacle woven with projecting portions having one free selvage and an opposite selvage connected at intervals only by loose weft or illing with a side-ply.

3. A woven web woven in three plies with a single weft or filling and comprising successive sections joined together in the fabricstructure, each section adapted to constitute a receptacle-blank and'h'aving therein two of the said plies woven together transversely to close the ends of the receptacle and'along one margin of the web to form the closed bottom, and unconnected at the opposite margin to form the open mouth, and .a cover or flap-ply connected with one of said sideplies at said open margin and having a selvage at the other margin of the web. and beyond the closed ends ofthe receptacle woven with projecting portions having two nonfrayable selvages.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v

VICTOR H.` J ENNINGS. Witnesses:

ALICE M. TIsDALE,

HORACE D. STEVENS.

Washington, D C.

Commissioner of Patents, v 

